On one hand, you're starving a competitor (Huawei) of cash and using China's own money to fund US innovation. Genius, maybe? On the other, you're handing them the tools to level up their entire tech tree. I honestly can't decide. What's the fatal flaw I'm missing here?
ksynwa · 13m ago
China won't abandon developing indigenous technology just because they are able to gain access to American GPUs
duxup · 2h ago
Is this some weird nationalization of industry?
Or is this pay to play and every other company has to abide by chip restrictions?
Trump is thinking like a business man... ordinarily he would pocket the 15% himself (this is after all the same man who said the entire Gaza should be his personal property) but realizes the country is not yet at the point where that would be seen as normal and acceptable. Trump is taking us in the direction where soon that would be seen as normal and acceptable.
kevingadd · 1h ago
The country's money is his money. For example: That plane that got 'gifted' to him is getting expensive retrofits on the taxpayer's dime, and he gets to keep the plane after he leaves office.
Or is this pay to play and every other company has to abide by chip restrictions?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/technology/us-government-...
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/us/politics/air-force-one...